Life-drawn portrait of Lorna, a frequent sitter in the '90s who lived nearby, pastel on Ingres paper. I still have this one hanging on the wall and others are in her possession. Unfortunately she is now too far away now to add to the collection.
#art #pastel #drawfromlife #portrait

"...painted by two of the foremost American artists of the twentieth century, Ben Shahn and Philip Guston.....They are on the walls of the Wilbur J. Cohen Building in Washington, DC, one of forty-five federal properties currently earmarked for sale."

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a reminder that addams’ family values is, in fact, the best thanksgiving movie you’ll find

🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert

John Singer Sargent:
Man with Curly Hair (1872)

#art #man

The white owl | William James Webbe

Here is the 18th century version of the West outsourcing to China. During the Qing Dynasty, European nobles often commissioned these porcelain wares with their family crests. And they all came from the city of Guangzhou.

Even today, this province still makes most of your "made in China" stuff.

While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.

Beast of Gévaudan
#art ✧ #beastofgevaudan ✧ #folklore ✧ #french

Sweet merciful crap.

#Stunday
The Cape Creek Bridge designed by Conde McCullough saw several of us stop to take its picture.
#CentralOregonCoast

Was it a cucumber? A ghost? No, it was his own tail that brought the fear of god into his eyes 😂🤣

Next post for full video!

Nazis are bad. I think we should make that clear.